Need help installing NVIDIA driver

[volkerbradley]

Just did a new install of Ubuntu 12.10 on my Serp6. I followed the instructions at http://knowledge76.com/index.php/Restoring_Your_System
My video card is a NVIDIA G92[GeForce GTX 258M]
Unfortunately, I am seeing the following error message:

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run 'nvidia-xconfig' as root], and restart the X server.

What steps should I follow to install the correct driver and get it to work?

[strid3r]

I had the same problem installing NVIDIA drivers on 12.10, you probably need to install the headers for your kernel.

Just type the following into terminal:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Then just re-install NVIDIA drivers (I'm assuming you're using 310 experimental)

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-experimental-310

Just reboot after that and you should be good to go!

[volkerbradley]

I had the same problem installing NVIDIA drivers on 12.10, you probably need to install the headers for your kernel.

Just type the following into terminal:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r)

Then just re-install NVIDIA drivers (I'm assuming you're using 310 experimental)

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-experimental-310

Just reboot after that and you should be good to go!

Wow, your response was quick and very helpful.
NVIDIA driver is now installed.
Thank you very much.